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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 244 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- PROHIBITIONS, RESTRICTIONS, AND REGULATIONS
244.200 Rights of owner or lienor as to contraband -- Disposition of contraband.
Download pdfestablish his rights in the property by proving that the property was being used in
connection with traffic in alcoholic beverages without the knowledge, consent or
approval of the owner or lienor. If the owner of the property does so prove, the court
shall order the property restored to him. If the lienor so proves, the court shall order
a sale of the property at public auction, unless an agreement is made between the
lienor and the board, which shall not become final until it has been approved by the
court. The board may deliver any property found to be contraband to a lienor whose
claim has been established by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, upon
payment to the board of the difference between the fair market value of the property
so seized and the recorded claim of the lienor. (2) Where an agreement has been made between the lienor and the board and approved by the court, a public auction shall not be required. If an agreement is not entered
into between the board and the lienor or approved by the court, and a public auction
is required to be held, the public auction shall be conducted by the sheriff of the
county in which the property is seized. The sheriff shall receive and be allowed the
same fees as allowed for sales under execution. (3) The expenses of keeping and selling such property, and the amount of all valid recorded liens that are established by intervention as being bona fide, shall be paid
out of the proceeds of the sales, whether they are private or public. The balance
shall be paid into the State Treasury and be credited to the general fund. (4) If the defendant is acquitted, no property seized as contraband in connection with the arrest of the defendant shall be ordered returned or restored unless the person
from whose possession the property was taken proves that he was in lawful
possession of the property, and if no other person appears and proves that he owns
the property or has a valid recorded lien on the property and that the property was
being used without his knowledge and consent, title shall vest in the board at the
end of ninety (90) days. (5) If the owners or lienholders of any contraband seized by state administrators or field representatives of the department or turned over to the department by other officials,
cannot be located within ninety (90) days, and during that time fail to appear and
claim the contraband, or if the owner or lienholder appears and agrees, title to the
contraband shall immediately vest in the board, in which event it may sell the
contraband at a private sale. Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 593, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 132, sec. 5, effective July 13, 1984. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts
ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2554b-151.
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